The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Endre Balchen & Gøril Balchen finished 297th of 344 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Oslo 2025, in 1:35:23.
A station race more than a running one: 34% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:08 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Oslo cost the whole field time: about 0:53 more than the average race this season, going by 507 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:20Running 1 6:09v median +1:18
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 7:21v median +1:38
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 7:23v median +1:25
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 7:16v median +1:16
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:30v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:31v median +1:29
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 7:52v median +1:50
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 6:32v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 343
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 343 mixed teams who finished.